Nominees announced for 2016 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Next year 215 candidates from 59 countries will be in the running for the world’s largest children’s literature award, jury chair Boel Westin announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair today.
Next year 215 candidates from 59 countries will be in the running for the world’s largest children’s literature award, jury chair Boel Westin announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair today.
Nästa år har 215 kandidater från 59 länder möjlighet att tilldelas världens största barn- och ungdomslitteraturpris. Det offentliggjorde juryns ordförande Boel Westin vid bokmässan i Frankfurt idag.
The list of nominated candidates for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2016 will be presented at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
Listan över nominerade kandidater till Litteraturpriset till Astrid Lindgrens minne 2016 offentliggörs den 15 oktober i samband med bokmässan i Frankfurt.
Several international reading promoters will visit Sweden and Göteborg Book Fair on September 24-27. This year’s laureate of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA), the South African organisation PRAESA, and Daniel Goldin, publisher and Director of the Vasconcelos Library in Mexico City, will participate in seminars and programs at the Swedish Art Council’s Young Stage (Ung scen).
Flera internationella läsfrämjare gästar Sverige och bokmässan i Göteborg den 24-27 september. Årets mottagare av Litteraturpriset till Astrid Lindgrens minne, den sydafrikanska organisationen PRAESA, och Daniel Goldin, förläggare och chef för Vasconcelos-biblioteket i Mexico City, deltar i programpunkter i Kulturrådets monter Ung scen.
Illustrators Maja K Zetterberg (text) and Siri Ahmed Backström (illustrations) are the creators behind this year’s ALMA diploma. We asked them if they could describe the process behind the making of the diploma.
Illustratörerna Maja K Zetterberg (text) och Siri Ahmed Backström (illustrationer) är skaparna bakom årets ALMA-diplom. Vi frågade dem om de kunde beskriva arbetet med diplomets tillkomst.
It was an emotional moment when Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) was presented to the South African reading promotion PRAESA by Swedish Minister for Culture and Democracy Alice Bah Kuhnke. PRAESA, Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa, is the first laureate ever from the African continent.
Känslorna var starka när den sydafrikanska läsfrämjande organisationen PRAESA mottog Litteraturpriset till Astrid Lindgrens minne (ALMA) av kultur- och demokratiminister Alice Bah Kuhnke. PRAESA, Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa, är den första pristagaren från den afrikanska kontinenten.
Today the Swedish Arts Council appointed Lena Kåreland as member of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award jury from July 1, 2015.
I dag beslutade Kulturrådet att Lena Kåreland tillträder som ledamot i juryn för Litteraturpriset till Astrid Lindgrens minne den 1 juli, 2015.
The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award was created in 2002 by the Swedish government to promote every child’s right to great stories. This global award is given annually to a person or organisation for their outstanding contribution to children’s and young adult literature. With a prize of five million Swedish kronor, it is the largest award of its kind. Administrated by the Swedish Arts Council.
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